See school of thought on Wiktionary
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escuela de pensamiento"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "lära"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "doktrin"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "škola",
"sense": "opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group",
"word": "школа"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "opinion subscribed to by some connected or arbitrary group",
"word": "trường phái"
}
],
"word": "school of thought"
}
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